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Apply for Goldsmiths' Fair 2025

29 Jan 2025

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Applications

Applicants must:

  • Intend to show work that includes precious metals
  • Design and make their work in the UK
  • Work alone or have fewer than six people at the bench

Full criteria and details about the application process are available at goldsmithsfair.co.uk/apply and in our FAQs.

We encourage makers that have previously submitted unsuccessful applications to reapply, as our independent selection panel of industry specialists looks for development in craftsmanship and style.

The Emerging Business Bursary scheme

Over the last 25 years, the Goldsmiths' Company has supported designer makers at the beginning of their careers with a bursary scheme for Goldsmiths' Fair. In 2024, we relaunched the bursary scheme as the Emerging Business Bursary to celebrate and nurture talent in the design and making of jewellery and contemporary silver.

In 2025, we're pleased to continue the Emerging Business Bursary scheme, with 10 Bursary stands available for emerging makers. The scheme is open to makers in the first six years of business. There are no educational or age-related parameters, as we recognise that makers follow different routes into the trade.

Application criteria:

  • Maker has started their jewellery or silversmithing business within the last six years
  • Maker has not exhibited at Goldsmiths' Fair before

Award pack:

  • No stand fees for Goldsmiths' Fair 2025
  • £1,500 grant to help prepare for the Fair, which could help to cover materials, display props, travel or accommodation during the Fair
  • A series of professional training sessions delivered by our colleagues at the Goldsmiths' Centre (@gsmithscentre) on topics including building sales confidence, individual business and portfolio reviews, brand guidance and social media use
  • An optional interest-free silver bullion loan of up to £3,000 to help exhibitors prepare new work for the Fair

When completing the Fair application form, makers considering the Bursary can tick the Emerging Business Bursary box to register their interest. Our independent selection panel will make their selection from eligible candidates. If a maker's application for a Bursary stand is unsuccessful, they can still be considered for a general stand at the Fair.

What is Goldsmiths' Fair?

  • The UK's leading selling exhibition of contemporary jewellery and silver made by more than 130 of the most talented craftspeople working in the UK today
  • A not-for-profit event hosted by the Goldsmiths' Company- the money our exhibitors take at the Fair stays with them
  • Held over two weeks every autumn in the beautiful Goldsmiths' Hall, London, with exhibitors changing between Week One and Week Two
  • A supporter of emerging talent - we award Emerging Business Bursaries every year that include no stand fees, financial support, business mentoring and industry insights from our colleagues at the Goldsmiths' Centre (@gsmithscentre)
  • A champion of skill, recognised through a rigorous application process overseen by our independent Selection Panel of industry specialists
  • A platform for the launch of new work, with curated selections and awards for innovative and exciting creations

Apply for Goldsmiths' Fair 2025

Source: Goldsmiths' Fair